Dr Evgenia Peiffer
German qualified lawyer, Counsel,
CMS
Dr Evgenia Peiffer is counsel in the dispute resolution team at CMS Hasche Sigle, Munich, with over a decade of experience in international commercial disputes. She acts both as counsel and as arbitrator, regularly appearing before arbitral tribunals and state courts. Her practice spans infrastructure and energy projects, as well as disputes arising from distribution, M&A, supply, service, and licensing agreements. With Eastern European roots and language skills, she has developed particular expertise in matters involving that region. Evgenia Peiffer is widely recognised for her knowledge of private international law and procedural law, and she frequently publishes and speaks on cross-border dispute resolution.
Her professional excellence has been acknowledged in Best Lawyers Germany 2023 and 2024 in the categories of International Arbitration, Dispute Resolution, and Arbitration/Dispute Resolution/Mediation, and she has been named a Top Lawyer for Arbitration by Wirtschaftswoche in both years.
Dr Peiffer has lectured on international civil procedure and arbitration law at Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, since 2020. She holds a doctorate from Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, and has passed both German state law examinations.
She is an active member of several professional associations, including the German Arbitration Association (DIS), where she is the co-chair of the Serbian-German Arbitration Group, the DIS40, where she served as co-chair between 2021 and 2024, the Austrian Arbitration Association, Young ICCA, and ArbitralWomen.
Evgenia Peiffer is fluent in German and English, with native Bulgarian and basic Russian.